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The Adventure of the German Student
1824
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Contemporâneo de Edgar Allan Pöe, o escritor norte-americano Washington Irving (1853 — 1859) deixou narrativas de terror impressionantes, a exemplo de "O Diabo e Tom Walker" e "A lenda do cavaleiro sem cabeça". Ambientado na Paris revolucionária, em pleno reinado do Terror, "A aventura do estudante alemão" é um conto pungente, macabro ao extremo: um estudante idealista se apaixona por uma bela jovem vestida de preto, apenas adornada por uma fita igualmente negra a cingir-lhe o pescoço, que, em uma noite de tempestade, encolhia-se, desamparada, ao pé das escadas do patíbulo, sob a sombra da terrível guilhotina... O conto de Irving serviu de argumento a Alexandre Dumas n’ "A mulher da gargantilha de veludo", em que o estudante alemão não é outro que não o célebre escritor de terror E.T.A. Hoffmann. Versão em português de Paulo Soriano.

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Washington Irving
Washington Irving
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People remember American writer Washington Irving for the stories " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ," contained in The Sketch Book (1820). This author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle to begin his literary career at the age of nineteen years. In 1809, he published The History of New York under his most popular public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Historical works of Irving include a five volume biography of George Washington (after whom he was named) as well as biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and several histories, dealing with subjects, such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra, of 15th-century Spain. John Tyler, president, appointed Irving to serve as the first Spanish speaking United States minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

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